David Dirrane Bowes (born 1957) is an American painter, based in

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, Italy. He was first recognized for his paintings during the early 1980s in New York's East Village.

Biography

Born in 1957 to Katherine "Kae" (née Dirrane) and John S. Bowes. He is a brother of science fiction writer

Richard Bowes Richard Dirrane Bowes (January 8, 1944 – December 24, 2023) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Biography Richard Dirrane Bowes was born January 8, 1944, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended school both in Boston and on L ...

. Bowes attended

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(RISD) in the mid 1970s and has taught painting classes at his alma mater. His paintings are often brightly colored, with loose painterly strokes and make reference to multiple sources such as allegories, mythology and art history. He has been described as being a "brilliant painter", and having a "delicacy of touch and genuine fascination with the medium of paint." Bowes' work is exhibited in the

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and

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. He participated in 1999 at the 48th

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and one of his works is present in the

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's Terrae Motus collection at the

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starting in 1994. His work is held in various public museum collection, including the

Walker Art Center The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill, Minneapolis, Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in ...

Portland Art Museum The Portland Art Museum (PAM) is an art museum in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The Portland Art Museum has 240,000 square feet (22,000 m2), with more than 112,000 square feet (10,400 m2) of gallery space. The museum’s permanent c ...

, the Broad Contemporary Art Museum at

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, among others.

References

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